Where does “Saartoala” come from?
Saartoala (Finnish) comes from Finnish saarto, from Finnish saartaa, from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
Ancestry of “Saartoala”, step by step
Saartoala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish saarto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | saarto | blockade |
| 2 | Finnish | saartaa | to surround, enclose, encircle |
| 3 | Finnish | sääri | shank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 5 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |